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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1850
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 Z twill; Pattern: plain weave ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts in 3/1 S twill and clipped; Warp: silk; main weft: wool?; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 162.6 × 167.6 cm (64 × 66 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1242
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMay 1991, acquired by Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, given by Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.319); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)